Produced by Nostromo Pictures, headed by Adrian Guerra and Rodrigo Cortes, the producer and director respectively of “Buried” and “Red Lights,” “Grand Piano” continues Sitges’ tried-and-tested strategy of choosing as its curtain raiser the biggest Spanish genre proposition of the year.

Co-produced by Spain’s Atresmedia Cine and sold by Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel’s The Solution Entertainment Group, and described by Guerra as a “high-tension, elegant Hitchcockian thriller,” “Piano” has sold most major territories worldwide save the U.S., France, Australia and the U.K., Guerra said.

The Sitges opening slot will rep its European premiere, he added.

“Grand Piano” looks set to bow a 47th edition which will be rich in big auteur genre movies but also a showcase for diverse reactions to economic crisis and evolving financing and distribution models for genre and fantasy movies, with a string of movies at Sitges from the U.S-based MPI Media Group and XYZ Films.